CA2801840A1 - Transport container - Google Patents

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CA2801840A1
CA2801840A1 CA 2801840 CA2801840A CA2801840A1 CA 2801840 A1 CA2801840 A1 CA 2801840A1 CA 2801840 CA2801840 CA 2801840 CA 2801840 A CA2801840 A CA 2801840A CA 2801840 A1 CA2801840 A1 CA 2801840A1
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Axel Ritzberger
Wolfgang Faust
Gerhard Eckbrett-Welz
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D7/00Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal
    • B65D7/12Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by wall construction or by connections between walls
    • B65D7/24Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by wall construction or by connections between walls collapsible, e.g. with all parts detachable
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D19/00Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D19/02Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0215Containers with stacking feet or corner elements
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
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    • B65D2519/00258Overall construction
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    • B65D2519/00328Overall construction of the base surface shape of the contact surface of the base
    • B65D2519/00338Overall construction of the base surface shape of the contact surface of the base contact surface having a discrete foot-like shape
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
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    • B65D2519/00547Connections
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
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    • B65D2519/00636Connections structures connecting side walls to the pallet
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    • B65D2519/00646Structures intended to be disassembled by means of hinges
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
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    • B65D2519/00736Details
    • B65D2519/00865Collapsible, i.e. at least two constitutive elements remaining hingedly connected
    • B65D2519/00875Collapsible, i.e. at least two constitutive elements remaining hingedly connected collapsible side walls
    • B65D2519/009Collapsible, i.e. at least two constitutive elements remaining hingedly connected collapsible side walls whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to the base panel
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
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Abstract

The invention relates to a transporting container having a rectangular base, which has feet arranged on its underside, and having side walls which rise up from this base and are designed in order to be swung about hinges, wherein the side walls, which are at the top in the collapsed state, together with the hinge-containing peripheral edge of the base, form bearing surfaces for the feet, arranged beneath the base, of an identically designed second container, the transporting container being characterized in that apertures separated from one another by ribs are provided in the left-hand and right-hand side regions of the side walls, which are located at the top in the collapsed state, and these apertures are intended for receiving protuberances which are formed on the underside of the feet and of which the height is smaller than the depth of the apertures.

Description

TRANSPORT CONTAINER

The invention relates to a transport container comprising a rectangular base, with feet located at the underside thereof, with side walls that can pivot about hinges and that rise from the base, wherein the side walls, which lie on top in the folded-together state, and the bordering base edge comprising the hinges form support surfaces for the feet of an identical second container, the feet thereof being located below the base.

Such transport containers are designed to be foldable so that when the empty transport containers are returned, space can be saved.

In transport on trucks or by ship, the stacked, folded-together containers are secured against slipping by wrapping belts around them. Another method is to design complementary shapes into each container so that when stacked one on top of the other, the containers mutually hold together.

However, these mutually complementary fixing devices have the disadvantage that they increase the design height of the folded-together transport containers so that an insufficient number of containers can be stacked on top of one another.

The object of the invention is, therefore, to design a transport container of the type mentioned above such that the fixing elements in the respective transport container minimize the design height of the folded-together container.

The invention accomplishes this object by providing recesses in the left and the right side area of the side walls, which lie on top in the folded-together state, the recesses being separated from one another by ribs and being used to receive protrusions formed on the bottom side of the feet, the height of the protrusions being less than the depth of the recesses.

In this way, recesses are formed in the outside of the side walls, which lie on top in the folded-together state, in the form of a matrix, the recesses being separated from one another by a rib structure as is generally common in such containers.

The recesses receive the protrusions formed on the feet. Because the height of the protrusions is less than the depth of the recesses, the area of the foot surrounding the protrusions sits fully on the bordering edge in which the hinges for the side wall are provided, whereupon the load of the transport containers stacked on top of one another is absorbed by the feet and the bordering edge.

According to claim 2, the protrusions are designed as truncated pyramids and the recesses have a complementary shape.

This has the advantage that, when stacking, the protrusions find their way into the recesses in a simple manner.

According to claim 3, the shorter side walls are located beneath the longitudinal walls in the folded together state. Thus, in this exemplary embodiment, the recesses are provided in the longitudinal sides.

By having the upper edges of the longitudinal side walls sit against one another in the folded together state as according to claim 4, a flat support surface is ensured.
In another exemplary embodiment according to claim 5, using a welded-on reinforcement strip, the recess area is divided into two areas to the left and right next to the strip, and a channel is formed in the protrusion area of the feet as a complement thereto.

Thus, it is provided, for example, that the recesses are formed in three rows on each side of the longitudinal side, wherein the middle row is covered by the welded strip. As a complement thereto, the space between the two protrusion rows that fit into the recesses is left open so that the reinforcement strip can be received there.
The invention is illustrated and described in detail below with the aid of drawings.
Shown are:

FIG. 1: two transport containers stacked one on top of the other in a first embodiment FIG. 2: the two transport containers as seen from the bottom side FIG. 3: two transport containers stacked one on top of the other in an alternative embodiment FIG. 4: the two transport containers according to FIG. 3 as seen from below FIG. 5: the two transport containers according to FIG. 1 stacked one on top of the other in a side view In each of the figures, there are two identical transport containers shown in perspective view and labeled with the reference number 1. Each comprises a base 2 with feet 3 located on the bottom side thereof in the corner areas. Side walls 4 extend upward from the base 2, but only the longitudinal side walls can be seen in FIGS. 1 to 4. The shorter side walls are folded down onto the base beneath the longitudinal side walls 4, whereas the longitudinal side walls 4 are folded down toward one another onto the shorter side walls, the upper edges of said longitudinal side walls meeting.

The folding process is made possible by way of hinges 5 which are located in bordering edges 6 that are elevated from the base 2.
In this example, recesses 7 are formed in the side areas of the outside of the longitudinal side walls 4 in three rows, the recesses being separated from one another by a rib structure 8.

As can be seen in FIG. 2, protrusions 9 are formed in three rows at the bottom sides of the feet 3 in this example as well, the protrusions being surrounded by the angular support surface 10 of the foot 3.

When the transport containers 1 are stacked on top of one another, the protrusions 9 fit into the recesses 7, and in the present exemplary embodiment this process is facilitated by the protrusions having tapered side walls that are complementary to the side walls of the recesses 7.

Shown in FIG. 3 is an alternative embodiment of the transport container 1. In this example, a reinforcement strip 11 is welded on the middle recess row, the strip corresponding to the protrusion structure of the feet 3 as shown in FIG. 4. A
channel-like open space 12 is left open between the two outer protrusion rows.

The height of the protrusions 9 is selected to be less than the depth of the recesses 7 so as to ensure that the angular support surface 10 of the feet 3 sits on the top side of the bordering edge 6 and/or on the side edges of the longitudinal side walls 4.

The manner in which the transport container 1 is folded together is shown schematically in FIG. 5. The shorter side walls are folded onto the base 2 about hinges 13. Then, the longitudinal side walls 4 are folded down onto the shorter side walls about hinges 5.

The protrusions 9 correspond to the structure of the complementary recesses 7.

Claims (6)

1. A transport container comprising a rectangular base, with feet located at the underside thereof, with side walls that can pivot about hinges and that rise up from the base, wherein the side walls, which lie on top in the folded-together state, and the bordering base edge comprising the hinges form support surfaces for the feet of an identical second container, the feet thereof being located below the base, characterized in that recesses (7) are provided in the left and the right side area of the side walls (4), which lie on top in the folded-together state, the recesses being separated from one another by ribs (8) and being used to receive protrusions (9) formed on the bottom side of the feet (3), the height of the protrusions being less than the depth of the recesses (7).
2. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that the protrusions (9) are designed as truncated pyramids and the recesses (7) have a complementary shape thereto.
3. A transport container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the shorter side walls are located beneath the longitudinal side wall (4) in the folded together state.
4. A transport container according to claim 3, characterized in that the upper edges of the longitudinal side walls (4) sit against one another in the folded-together state.
5. A transport container according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that by welding on a reinforcement strip (11), the recess area is divided into two areas to the left and right next to the strip (11) and a channel (12) is formed complementary thereto in the protrusion area of the feet.
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